ABUJA (AP): Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential election, where the partial results show an early lead for the ruling party. At a press conference in the capital Abuja, the three main opposition parties...
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 16 people and injuring at least 85, fire service officials said. Multiple train cars derailed and at...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's electoral commission released results late into the night Tuesday, while the country's main opposition candidates already had demanded a re-vote amid an early lead for the ruling party. Earlier in the...
BOSTON (AP) — A JetBlue pilot had to take “evasive action” while landing at Boston's Logan International Airport when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The close call...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Monday it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it might be...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up...
GENEVA (AP): Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of...
JERUSALEM (AP): Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four...
STECCATO DI CUTRO (AP): The death toll rose to at least 64 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered several more bodies Monday, driving home once again the desperate and dangerous boat crossings of people...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild and unite the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s, has died. He was 88. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Latortue...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Monday, three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region, causing some already damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person,...
STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (AP) — The death toll rose to 62 in the migrant tragedy off Italy's southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies on Monday, driving home once again the desperate and dangerous boat...
HAVANA (CMC): Legislators in Cuba last week denounced the presence of foreign military bases. On Thursday, the day was declared a Day of Action against enclaves of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. According to Ana...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Orlando Atherley, says the agency should bring in BD$4.2 million (one Barbados dollar = US$0.50 cents), in revenue from the sale of locally...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The United Kingdom’s minister of state with responsibility for overseas territories, the Commonwealth, energy, climate and environment, Zac Goldsmith, says Guyana is recognised globally for its efforts in preserving its pristine...
HONG KONG (AP): A Chinese diplomat accused the US consul general in Hong Kong of interfering in its affairs after he said the city’s freedoms were eroding and warned the American not to cross political “red lines”. Consul General Gregory May...
LOSITETI (AP): US First Lady Jill Biden got an up close look on Sunday at the historic East Africa drought as she walked along arid land and listened as some Maasai women described how their children and livestock are going hungry. She appealed...
BERLIN (AP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that his government wants to make it easier for information technology experts from India to obtain work visas in Germany as the country struggles with a shortage of skilled labour....
WASHINGTON (AP): If you get healthcare coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored programme, which has grown by 20 million people...
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Schools resumed classes in Syria's rebel-held northwest Saturday after closing for nearly three weeks following an earthquake that devastated the region, local officials said, even as many schoolchildren suffer from...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen are set to hold face-to-face talks, with expectations high they will seal a deal to resolve a thorny post-Brexit trade dispute....
ROME (AP) — A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more people were missing in the rough waters...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More people in Nigeria cast ballots Sunday morning even though voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections of Africa's most populous nation was supposed to end Saturday. Votes were cast in Benue...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease. The...
